(Bachata) The ONE thing you must do on a turn head roll! "Press with your whole body" — dance is lead & follow, after all~ K-Sensual workshop, Wongung & Yoni

“I'm literally pressing with my entire body.”

CONTEXTThe key point in the head roll lead: not just the elbow, the whole body.

“If I go down with my whole body, it feels solid — weighty, even — but it never feels rough to her. It's smooth.”

CONTEXTDemonstrating a head roll lead that goes down with the whole body instead of the elbow.

“She has to take that pressing energy and let it press her down — she can't just go inside on her own.”

CONTEXTOn the head roll turn: the follower answers the leader's press, and never moves first by herself.

“From the moment she starts to turn, you should be pushing her, nice and snug. If you push while the tension's already there, it never startles her.”

CONTEXTThe leader has to hold steady tension through the turn so nothing lands abruptly on the follower.

“You take her like you're going, 'easy, easy, easy.'”

CONTEXTCHOA's note: a metaphor for leading — don't shove her along, keep the tension soft and guide the follower there